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The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies Copenhagen, Denmark cifs@cifs.dk www.cifs.dk
Future-based innovation The Copenhageninnovation Institute for Futures Studies is an indeFuture-based pendent research organisation, founded 1970. It functions The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies is an as consultant research and sourceorganisation, of inspirationfounded to corporations, independent 1970. It government andand other elements of society,toglofunctions as bodies, consultant source of inspiration corbally. The CIFS creates visions of theand future, tailor-made porations, government bodies, other elementstoof the needglobally. of clients in relation to corporate society, The CIFS creates visionsdevelopment, of the future, product development, etc., a stafftoofcorporate 25, and tailor-made to the need ofsupported clients in by relation it runs trainingproduct programmes related toetc., corporate workby development, development, supported uncertainties and innovation for therelated future.to awithin staff trends, of 25, and it runs training programmes
corporate work within trends, uncertainties and innovation Thethe range of products and services is large, ranging from for future. presentations to tailor-made studies in fields like strategic development, product scenario The range of products and development, services is large, rangingbuilfrom presentations to tailor-made studies in fields like strategic ding, and futures awareness in general. Tailor-made studevelopment, development, scenario building, dies are based product on a dialogue with the client, combining and futures awareness in general. Tailor-made studies are the specific knowledge of the client with the methods as based on a dialogue with the client, combining the spewell as the broad perspective of the CIFS. cific knowledge of the client with the methods as well as the broad of thesector, CIFS.the institute runs proSpecific toperspective the construction grammes on The Home and Family of the Future, The Office Specific to theand construction sector, theValue institute runs proof the Future, Creating Long-term in Construcgrammes on The Home and Family of the Future, The tion, besides the EUROCONSTRUCT activities and proOffice of the Future, and Creating Longterm Value grammes covering a wide range of Transportation issues. in Construction, besides the EUROCONSTRUCT activities and programmes covering a wide range of Transportation issues.
Other fields of study include the future of work, of organiEC sations The and the value chain, of the information economy CIFS offers a comprehensive membership proand thegramme. transformations it brings tobase western culture The membership of about 160(“the organisations dream include society”), of growing emphasis on expression leading corporations, government ministries, and (“creative man”),grouping of trends in services, mara diverse of financial public and privateretail, organisations from keting, Western consumption, leisure and lifestyles, of values, poli-are highly Europe. International memberships tics, andtailor-made media, of e-business andofofthe physical to the needs client. products Working –languages Designing for the Future.German, The CIFSFrench, does tailor-made innoinclude English, Danish, Norwegian, and vation support for corporations within product developSwedish. ment, overall strategy and organisation development. The CIFS offers a comprehensive membership programme. The membership base of about 160 organisations inEuroconstruct partner in Denmark clude leading corporations, government ministries, and a diverse grouping of public and private organisations from The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Western Europe. International memberships areStudies highly Nørre 65client. Working languages tailor-made toFarimagsgade the needs of the K Danish, Norwegian, includeDK-1364 English, Copenhagen German, French, Denmark and Swedish.
phone +45 33 11 71 76 fax +45 33 32 77 66 cifs@cifs.dk www.cifs.dkInstitute for Futures Studies The Copenhagen
Nørre Farimagsgade 65 DK-1364 Copenhagen K Contact person Denmark Anders Bjerre phone +45 33 11 71 76 Other fields of study include the future of work, of organi- fax +45abj@cifs.dk 33 32 77 66 sations and the value chain, of the information economy cifs@cifs.dk and the transformations it brings to western culture (“the www.cifs.dk
dream society”), of growing emphasis on expression (“creative man”), of trends in financial services, retail, marketing, Euroconstruct contact consumption, leisure and lifestyles, of values, politics, and Anders Bjerre, senior manager media, of e-business and of physical products – Designing abj@cifs.dk for the Future. The CIFS does tailor-made innovation support for corporations within product development, overall strategy and organisation development.
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